diff --git a/services/gitlab/gitlab-license.service.js b/services/gitlab/gitlab-license.service.js
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+import Joi from 'joi'
+import { optionalUrl } from '../validators.js'
+import { renderLicenseBadge } from '../licenses.js'
+import GitLabBase from './gitlab-base.js'
+
+const schema = Joi.object({
+  license: Joi.object({
+    name: Joi.string().required(),
+  }).allow(null),
+}).required()
+
+const queryParamSchema = Joi.object({
+  gitlab_url: optionalUrl,
+}).required()
+
+const documentation = `
+<p>
+  You may use your GitLab Project Id (e.g. 13083) or your Project Path (e.g. gitlab-org/gitlab-foss )
+</p>
+`
+const commonProps = {
+  namedParams: {
+    project: 'gitlab-org/gitlab-foss',
+  },
+  documentation,
+}
+
+export default class GitlabLicense extends GitLabBase {
+  static category = 'license'
+
+  static route = {
+    base: 'gitlab/v/license',
+    pattern: ':project+',
+    queryParamSchema,
+  }
+
+  static examples = [
+    {
+      title: 'GitLab',
+      ...commonProps,
+      staticPreview: {
+        label: 'license',
+        message: 'MIT License',
+        color: 'green',
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      title: 'GitLab (custom server)',
+      ...commonProps,
+      queryParams: { gitlab_url: 'https://jihulab.com' },
+      staticPreview: {
+        label: 'license',
+        message: 'MIT License',
+        color: 'green',
+      },
+    },
+  ]
+
+  static defaultBadgeData = { label: 'license' }
+
+  static render({ license }) {
+    if (license) {
+      return renderLicenseBadge({ license })
+    } else {
+      return { message: 'not specified' }
+    }
+  }
+
+  async fetch({ project, baseUrl }) {
+    // https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/projects.html#get-single-project
+    return super.fetch({
+      schema,
+      url: `${baseUrl}/api/v4/projects/${encodeURIComponent(project)}`,
+      options: { searchParams: { license: '1' } },
+      errorMessages: {
+        404: 'repo not found',
+      },
+    })
+  }
+
+  async handle({ project }, { gitlab_url: baseUrl = 'https://gitlab.com' }) {
+    const { license: licenseObject } = await this.fetch({
+      project,
+      baseUrl,
+    })
+    const license = licenseObject ? licenseObject.name : undefined
+    return this.constructor.render({ license })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/services/gitlab/gitlab-license.tester.js b/services/gitlab/gitlab-license.tester.js
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+import { licenseToColor } from '../licenses.js'
+import { createServiceTester } from '../tester.js'
+export const t = await createServiceTester()
+
+const publicDomainLicenseColor = licenseToColor('MIT License')
+const unknownLicenseColor = licenseToColor()
+
+t.create('License')
+  .get('/guoxudong.io/shields-test/licenced-test.json')
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'license',
+    message: 'MIT License',
+    color: `${publicDomainLicenseColor}`,
+  })
+
+t.create('License for repo without a license')
+  .get('/guoxudong.io/shields-test/no-license-test.json')
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'license',
+    message: 'not specified',
+    color: 'lightgrey',
+  })
+
+t.create('Other license').get('/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss.json').expectBadge({
+  label: 'license',
+  message: 'Other',
+  color: unknownLicenseColor,
+})
+
+t.create('License for unknown repo')
+  .get('/user1/gitlab-does-not-have-this-repo.json')
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'license',
+    message: 'repo not found',
+    color: 'red',
+  })
+
+t.create('Mocking License')
+  .get('/group/project.json')
+  .intercept(nock =>
+    nock('https://gitlab.com')
+      .get('/api/v4/projects/group%2Fproject?license=1')
+      .reply(200, {
+        license: {
+          key: 'apache-2.0',
+          name: 'Apache License 2.0',
+          nickname: '',
+          html_url: 'http://choosealicense.com/licenses/apache-2.0/',
+          source_url: '',
+        },
+      })
+  )
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'license',
+    message: 'Apache License 2.0',
+    color: unknownLicenseColor,
+  })